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Together We Bake

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Alexandria, VA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 47-2543526Revenue $1.1M in FY2024

On file with the IRSnew.togetherwebake.org212 S Washington St, 22314-3626 · Alexandria, VATax-exempt since Mar 2015Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Together We Bake is a comprehensive workforce training and personal development program for women in need of a second chance. We help women gain self-confidence, transferable workforce skills, and invaluable hands-on experience, which will allow them to find employment and move toward self-sufficiency.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$223K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $108K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$223K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 57% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $810K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $80K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$641K
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
68%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$785K
FY2021$965K
FY2022$731K
FY2023$970K
FY2024$1.1M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$600K
FY2021$636K
FY2022$733K
FY2023$919K
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$695K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $755K Management & general 16% · $182K Fundraising 15% · $168K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $223K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Stephanie Wright
Past Executive Director
$108,917Pt VII · Sec A
Tricia Sabatini
Chief Operations Director
$101,250Pt VII · Sec A
Tricia Allen
Executive Director
$12,500Pt VII · Sec A
Stuart Allen
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Matt Indre
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Judy Huie
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Zavin Smith
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Erica Anaya
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie Wright’s $109K as Past Executive Director is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stephanie Wright$108,917$95,663$73,118$81,101$78,095
Tricia Sabatini$101,250$95,663$72,618$82,256$78,110
Tricia Allen$12,500————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Trains women needing a second chance with job skills and confidence for self-sufficiency.

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1 program · $755K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Together We Bake is an empowerment-based workforce training program for women in need. The program is centered around a small baking business through which women actively learn and participate in food production, food safety education, and business administration.

$755Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Unfcu Foundation INCFY2025$50K
Journey for Good Foundation INCFY2025$30K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$80K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$966K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Investment incomeLn 3$29K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$755K
Managementcol C$182K
Fundraisingcol D$168K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$214K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$641K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$966K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$178K
Investment incomeLn 3$29K
Other incomeLn 4–11$85K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$168K
SavingsLn 2$46K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$214K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$810K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Other assetsLn 15$618K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$641K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$324K$214K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$738K$810K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K$641K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$228K$72K$106K$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$513K$394K$36K$83K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$9K$480$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$39K$24K$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$55K$35K$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$16K$2K$528
OccupancyLn 16$70K$44K$13K$13K
TravelLn 17$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K$101
InsuranceLn 23$10K$6K$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$126K$120K$5K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$755K$182K$168K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.1M$1.1M−$25K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $970K$919K$51K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $731K$733K−$2K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $965K$636K$330K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $785K$600K$185K$695K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,080,328 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $841,952$966,426
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,086$28,531
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $105,077$85,371
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $970,115$1,080,328
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $695,028$845,916
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $16,943$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $207,228$259,228
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $919,199$1,105,144
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $50,916−$24,816
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,080,328 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $84,378 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$178,269
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$788,157
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$966,426
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28,531$28,531
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $993$993
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $85,371 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,531$1,080,328
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,105,144 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $72,296 · Management $105,811 · Fundraising $49,532$227,639
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $394,137 · Management $35,825 · Fundraising $83,335$513,297
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,645 · Management $480 · Fundraising $1,902$11,027
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,381 · Management $7,293 · Fundraising $6,916$38,590
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,977 · Management $10,463 · Fundraising $9,923$55,363
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $17,092$17,092
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,090$10,090
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,884$2,884
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,090 · Management $1,963 · Fundraising $528$18,581
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,152 · Management $13,208 · Fundraising $12,525$69,885
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,512$2,512
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,653 · Management $101$1,754
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,420 · Management $1,921 · Fundraising $1,821$10,162
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $120,090 · Management $4,626 · Fundraising $1,552$126,268
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $755,419 · Management $181,691 · Fundraising $168,034$1,105,144
Part X · Balance sheet $1,744,397 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $210,214$168,025
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $113,962$45,788
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $47,474$80,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,139$12,750
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$4,481
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,653$5,966
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $738,461$809,773
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$617,614
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,118,903$1,744,397
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $36,707$39,736
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$601,039
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,707$640,775
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $962,769$956,122
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $119,427$147,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,082,196$1,103,622
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,118,903$1,744,397
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,103,622 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,080,328
XI-2 Total expenses$1,105,144
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$24,816
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,082,196
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$46,242
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,103,622

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